How do Black Americans feel about police? New poll finds shift in recent years

Black Americans’ perceptions about police have grown more positive in recent years, according to new polling, which comes on the five-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd. Photo from Kenny Eliason, UnSplash

By Brendan Rascius

Black Americans’ perceptions about police have grown slightly more favorable in recent years, though they remain below the national average, according to new polling.

In a Gallup survey released on May 23, Black respondents expressed more positive views about local police — including on satisfaction in community relations and expectations of treatment — as compared to earlier this decade.

The poll comes five years after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of second- and third-degree murder. Floyd’s death sparked nationwide racial justice protests, the largest since the Civil Rights era.

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